The floor in the main hall is paved with square bricks, and there are no signs of recent repaving.
Neither Emperor Cheng Xian nor Meiren Kong expected that there was a secret passage under the Leng Palace, and the entrance and exit were in the Qiu Si Palace.
After discovering that the matter had gone to the palace, she thought of this secret passage.
Chu Yunshao had people guarding him in the cold palace. It is possible that he had known about the existence of this secret passage. Now that the matter was exposed in advance, he had to fight to the death to avoid harming this secret passage.
In fact, if Kong Meiren doesn't ask her, she will come over to take a look when she notices any movement.
The identity of the original owner made her naturally stand on the side of Emperor Cheng Xian. From the perspective of national justice, Zi Hua also sided with Emperor Cheng Xian.
But if Kong Meiren doesn't come to beg her, she won't take the initiative to change places with Kong Meiren. After all, this may not happen.
As expected, Chu Yunshao sent someone to enter the palace through a secret passage.
These twenty or so people all have martial arts. Ordinary guards really can't stop them. Guard A and Guard B, the two newly-generated internal powers, are in vain.
Zi Hua spoke to the leader of the men in black, without even pausing, and rushed towards the other men in black.
What she focused on taking care of was the man in black holding the crossbow machine.
Not one of the dozen or so men in black could walk on the three sticks in her hand.
Seeing the men in black fall down one after another, the leader became anxious and said, "Don't fight her, let's disperse."
The remaining dozen or so men in black followed the order and dispersed.
Zihua whistled.
The ones holding the crossbows and machine were almost cleaned up by her, and it was time for the helpers to come on stage.
The door to the backyard suddenly opened, and dozens of guards rushed in and fought with the men in black.
After fighting with the imperial guards, the black-clothed talents regained their confidence. It was not that they were not good at their studies, but that the palace maid was too powerful.
But no matter how powerful the men in black are, they can't withstand a large number of people. Basically, four or five guards beat one man in black.
Zi Hua left the credit to the guards and only stood aside to save the situation. Seeing which guard was about to be chopped to death, she would throw a crossbow arrow at it. She had collected a lot of these just now.
The life-and-death battle ended quickly, and the victor was naturally the guards.
Seven or eight guards received minor bloody injuries and bandaged them on their own, while others tied up the men in black.
Captain Zhu thanked Zihua, imprisoned the man in black, and sent people to guard the main hall to prevent anyone from coming in from here again.
The battle in the Cold Palace is over, but not elsewhere.
The shouts of death did not last long, and gradually died down after more than an hour.
No matter which side wins, the dust has settled.
Then there was another kind of movement, but the origin of the sound was much smaller.
After daybreak, a group of people came to Leng Palace.
The one who came was Captain Chang.
His appearance shows that the winner is the emperor.
This is exactly what happened.
In addition to those ministers and nobles who were unwilling to be deprived of power by Emperor Cheng Xian, those who conspired to rebel also included the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion.
Before yesterday, Emperor Cheng Xian never thought that Weiyuan Hou Mansion would rebel.
Because of the crossbow incident, Emperor Cheng Xian immediately sent people to investigate Chu Yunshao. After knowing that Chu Yunshao was the fake prince, he thought that Chu Yunshao was just afraid of exposing his identity and was being used by ministers who were on the opposite side.
But upon investigation, it was found that Chu Yunshao took the initiative to contact the ministers, and their relationship was one of mutual utilization and cooperation.
Chu Yunshao came into contact with those ministers three years ago. Chu Yunshao was only sixteen years old at the time. In the same year, he began to recruit people and secretly train sergeants.
What frightened Emperor Cheng Xian was that Chu Yunshao had not only developed a highly lethal crossbow machine, but also developed a gunpowder bomb that could explode city walls.
Fortunately, crossbow machines require high precision and are difficult to manufacture. So far, they have not been equipped on a large scale.
Gunpowder bombs are prone to self-explosion, and there was too much noise during the experiment, so the gunpowder bombs were made in the mountains hundreds of miles away from the capital.
Emperor Cheng Xian acted too quickly and did not give Chu Yunshao and others time to get gunpowder and ammunition, so they could only counterattack in a hurry.
If they were allowed to use gunpowder bombs, the capital would be in danger and the throne of Emperor Chengxian would be in danger.
There are some things that Captain Chang told Yuhua alone.
Chu Yunshao was a fake prince, so it was understandable that he would rebel. Emperor Cheng Xian did not expect that Marquis Weiyuan would rebel.
After Weiyuan Hou was arrested, he said the reason was that he had doubts about the relationship between Emperor Cheng Xian and Zhen Lingjun. He was angry and wanted to remove Emperor Cheng Xian from the throne.
One of the main reasons is that Chu Yunshao's appearance is not similar to that of Weiyuan Hou or Zhen Lingjun, but is similar to that of Emperor Cheng Xian.
In recent years, rumors have arisen that Chu Yunshao is actually the son of Emperor Cheng Xian. While Marquis Weiyuan was furious, he also felt that he could not hold his head high in front of others.
After discovering that Chu Yunshao was making a rebellion plan, Weiyuan Hou felt happy in his heart. He wanted to see father and son killing each other.
He told Chu Yunshao openly that he would fully support him and would take care of Chu Yunshao from behind.
With the cunning Marquis Weiyuan clearing away all traces, Emperor Cheng Xian did not have the slightest suspicion of Chu Yunshao.
Now, Weiyuan Hou has committed suicide by hitting the wall.
When he found out that Chu Yunshao was not his biological son, that Zhen Lingjun had given birth to a girl, and that the rumors that Chu Yunshao was the biological son of Emperor Cheng Xian were all spread by Chu Yunshao himself, he was filled with grief, anger, and shame.
He hit the wall and died on the spot.
The person behind the exchange of Zhen Lingjun's children was the current queen's former crown concubine.
The queen was jealous of Zhen Lingjun, whom Emperor Cheng Xian praised, and couldn't see her doing well. Even though she knew that Emperor Cheng Xian and Zhen Ling had no personal relationship, she still didn't want Zhen Lingjun to have a good life.
It must be said that those ministers were very good at selecting people. The queen they chose was only one year older than Emperor Cheng Xian, but she was already quite scheming.
She first made friends with Zhen Lingjun, and when Zhen Lingjun was about to give birth, she happened to bump into him and there would be no suspicion.
Then she cut off the situation first and then played it out, bringing in her own family members and clearing all kinds of obstacles for her to change her children.
The queen is not afraid of being known by those ministers.
Because Weiyuan Hou's mansion is inaccessible and always refuses to stand on the side of the ministers, if she can take root in the future Weiyuan Hou's heart, those ministers will only be happy.
By the way, she played a game of chess and chose children from two families who looked similar to Emperor Cheng Xian.
When Zhen Lingjun was about to give birth, two pregnant women gave birth to a boy and a girl at the same time. The queen chose the boy to switch.
As for the two families who dreamed of getting rich, they were silenced long ago.
The people who took away Zhen Lingjun's child and disposed of it relented and put the child on the roadside. Yu Dewang picked it up and took it home.
The original owner had actually been sold to Chu Yunshao by Yu Dewang, but because he had enough money, he just didn't register it with the government.
Chu Yunshao's purpose was to silence the Yu family and have the power to deal with Yu Xi. Of course, he would not register the deed of sale.
These are all hidden from the original owner, who does not know.